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- Members of Congress Worry Propane Rail Shipments Could Harm Great Bay (7/24/14)
Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte along with Congresswoman Carol-Shea Porter want to take a closer look at the potential environmental impacts of propane rail traffic through the Great Bay Estuary.
- Extension of Maine’s passenger train service explored (3/20/14)
Municipal leaders and rail advocates offered ideas Wednesday night for extending passenger train service south to New York City and north to Augusta, Auburn, Bangor and Montreal.
- Oil trains raise concerns in small towns, cities (12/19/13)
Fears are stoked by the July crash in Lac Megantic, but a review shows the number of accidents has remained steady and most involve small quantities of oil.
- Irving emerges as one suitor for Maine railway (8/21/13)
Canadian conglomerate J.D. Irving Ltd.'s NB&M Railways has been in discussions with the state about the process of buying the embattled Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway. The company said Tuesday it wants to ensure operation of a critical rail link to Irving Oil's New Brunswick refinery and other businesses.
- Locals on board against oil (7/24/13)
FAIRFIELD -- Local activists who participated in a June protest against trains carrying crude oil say Maine and the nation must stop using fossil fuels, especially in the wake of the Lac Megantic disaster
- Lister waiting on response from Hassan regarding Sea-3 (7/23/14)
PORTSMOUTH — Mayor Bob Lister is tired of waiting for a response from Gov. Maggie Hassan's office to a request he made in a June 18 letter sharing his concerns about the expansion of the Sea-3 propane facility in Newington.
- O & G plans rail terminus at quarry (12/22/13)
O&G Industries plans to transport crushed rock from its New Milford quarry by rail.
- Public comment on South Coast Rail environmental report closes today (10/25/13)
State officials are accepting public comments on the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report (FEIS/FEIR) for the South Coast Rail project through the close of business Friday, Oct. 25.
- Maine tells railroad to report oil shipments (7/25/13)
AUGUSTA — The Department of Environmental Protection is telling a Massachusetts-based railroad to reports it oil transports across Maine and pay the associated fees.
- Pan-Am violating law by not reporting oil volume in Maine (7/10/13)
PORTLAND — One of the two rail lines over which oil is shipped through Maine is behind on reporting the volume of oil shipments to the Department of Environmental Protection.